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Maxwell mayhem in the City of Churches

Added 2024-02-14 04:43:51 +0000 UTC

Well, what do you know. A Wednesday email on a Wednesday. We did it.

We're about to get into the third Test of the India-England series - see Cam's preview episode above - with Adam and some Daniel Norcross joining him for the Daily. We'll simultaneously be covering the Australia-South Africa women's Test with Geoff and Bharat. Currently day three won't be possible with Geoff having to move house, but bear with us.

In other news, we're working on a new website to replace the defunct one. Looking good so far. And another long-awaited project in the pipeline too.

Maxwell mayhem rings every bell in the City of Churches

Season 15, Episode 24: Glenn Maxwell and ridiculous hundreds. It is a theme of late. Four of them in his last nine hits for Australia, and the one in Adelaide against a West Indies team that played well in the end - it was probably the purest of the lot. Also this week, new concussion rules across three nations, the chance for a fun debut in India's next Test, another belting win for Australia's women while Heather Graham also goes on a tear for Tasmania, the MCC's World Cricket Committee makes some big recommendations, and things fall apart in Pakistan.

Your Nerd Pledge number for this week:
4.40 - Tanya Wintringham

Here's the weekly.

Story Time 169 – Proudly presenting the reverse Mankad

In a week when an Under-19s player was out obstructing the field and a Shield player survived a similar appeal, along came not one but two numbers linking us to some of the least common methods of dismissal in the game. We also go back to World War I, look at one of the tallest to play the game, find one of the rarest feats for opening batters, and end up even further back in 1855 for a run chase you won't believe.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:
2.14 - Rossi
1.64 - Packo
21.00 - Dave Hornsby
6.80 - Matthew Lincoln
5.00 - Aditya Chaoji
21.49 - Adam T

Here is Story Time.

Geoff Allott on swinging NZ into the semi - Greatest Season, ‘99 World Cup

Greatest Season That Was, Episode 7 – New Zealand with Geoff Allott. So much of the ’99 World Cup magic revolves around the extraordinary tie between Australia and South Africa. This time around, our focus shifts the one of the teams that made the other (far less eventful) semi-final: New Zealand. A major driver of their success in reaching the final four 25 years ago was their left-arm swing ace, Geoff Allott, who made white Dukes talk throughout to claim 20 wickets - matched only by Shane Warne. His conversation here with Dan Brettig and Shannon Gill, documenting a brief but memorable career, is a beauty. Enjoy.

Here's the ep.